Raymond Benitez, 19, pleaded guilty in the death of his girlfriend, 18-year-old Judy VanLo. Officials say she was beaten to death with a crowbar on June 17, 2012. Judy was also about two months pregnant at the time of her death. Her friends say she told them that Raymond was the father.

Judy VanLo, courtesy Des Moines Register

​Raymond was arrested on a material witness warrant about a week after Judy's death while he tried to cross the Texas border into Mexico. He was charged with Judy's murder and extradited back to Iowa.